I want to look at this more closely. Not real sure how I would use GMail as a backup service - but there has to be some practical use for this.

This is a fairly simple and useful trick to score yourself a gigabyte’s worth of free online file storage. If you already have a Gmail account, you can use it as a central file server that is accessible from anywhere you can access Gmail. If you don’t have a Gmail account… read on. We’re going to install a shell extension that will allow you to mount your Gmail account as a virtual drive on your desktop, so you can perform basic file manipulation operations without having to go through the web-based interface. Drag and drop, batch copy, create folders and delete files as you normally would in Windows Explorer, and be able to access your virtual drive from virtually anywhere.

Well, I am already a registered user of backupMan on my Tungsten T3 but my wife’s Tungsten T2 does not have a backup program on it. I will have to look at Inner Backup closely and see how it works. Not much description and I cannot find the developer’s website on google, so will check this out when I get some time on her PDA to play with it.

The ultimate backup tool. With Inner Backup your can simply go back in time with only one click.
With Inner Backup, your can manage multiple backups in your Memory Card. You can, for example, do a daily backup and restore your palm to a previous date, check your information, and go back to the current state!

Doug Wilson’s commentary on Postmodernism is classic:

Leotard defined postmodernism as “incredulity toward all metanarratives.” I myself, if I ever become a postmodernist, will gravitate toward that deeper form of it which would be “incredulity toward all sentence or phrases that have nouns or verbs in them.” And I will display uncertainty about everything except for my own petulance, I mean to say, my own reverse Cartesianism. Dubito ergo vagio. “I doubt, therefore I whine.” In other words, the postmodern “emergent church,” as some like to call it, has all the styrofoam gravitas of a women’s study course at your local community college. The Christian church has confronted many dangers and threats throughout her history — from lions in ancient Rome to jack-booted Nazis. But this postmodern thing may be the first time we have been confronted with death-by-sludge. The breathless excitement that follows around after these vaporings is simply inexplicable. Nothing is more irrelevant than a lust for relevance, but those in the grip of such lust think themselves interesting people because they can see are their own obsessive interests. After all, it interests them! But they are not interesting at all, and if their handling of Scripture got any more pedestrian they would have to grow another leg. They are the bland leading the bland. A new Reformation? Huh. Try something else. I am not sure we have had anything like this since Ireneus made fun of that Gnostic cucumber.

Eric Evers on his blog, “xphiles: An electronic walk of discipleship in a postmodern world“, makes the case that the postmodern view of the sacraments don’t to God’s grace sufficient justice. I liked the following comment especially:

Sure, it (infant baptism) can be “dumbed down” into an “aw, cute” moment. But only when the congregation in which the infant baptisms take place is not shaped by the truth and reality of Baptism. Laxity is not an argument against infant bapsitm; it is an argument to more strongly incarnate the realities of baptism into a community’s life! (Much more of a danger, I’d argue, is for those who reject infant baptism to let baptism become focused on the “decision” of a supposedly autonomous individual, rather than the gracious saving action of a rescuing God.)

Was just directed to LarkNews.com ‘Chirstian News’ site where there is breaking news of a ‘Bible Quiz doping probe’ and the possibility that ‘Worship banners will be classified as weapons’. But this one I quote:

Brobst says he can’t help it: when the Spirit moves upon him, he clamps one eye shut and his voice becomes gravelly and menacing. On a recent Sunday, he prophesied, “Avast ye, mateys! Hear the word from our Cap’n: No fear have ye of storms and scallywags, says ye? Argh! But I be seein’ your true hearts. For I see below quarterdecks, says I. Ye be tremblin’ in the face of scurvy dogs. But pay them no heed. For I be preparin’ to pour down plenty o’ booty upon ye. So be of cheer, me hearties! Ye be loved of the Cap’n.” The people of the church by now are accustomed to it, though first-time visitors often giggle.

This is a real quick read - only 112 well spaced pages, checked it out at the local library. The author, Stephen C. Lundin, uses Seatle’s “World Famous Pike’s Place Market” as an example for the workplace. The story is of a manager who applies the simple lessons she learns from the fishmongers to her corporate world:

• Play - Have fun - yes it sounds corny - but if it is not enjoyable then why not find something else to do?
• Make their day - Go beyond expectations with fellow employees and customers
• Be Present - Really listen to and focus on those around you
• Choose Your Attitude - It really is your choise how you respond - what’s it going to be?

Although some of it seems simplistic and the book does not give a lot of ideas on impletmentation - it does make some good points and has some ideas I can implement in my office. I have always tried to explain to new hires that some times the job is like a 3 ring circus - phones ringing, customers walking in, and the demands of other employees (and bosses) - and you must learn to juggle all these - but what I fail to do is communicate the idea of a circus is the idea that there is fun happening in the midst of the mayhem.

The end of the book gives the inscription on a plaque that summarizes the book pretty well:

Our Workplace As you enter this place of work please choose to make today a great day. Your colleagues, customers, team members, and you yourself will be thankful. Find ways to play. We can be serious about work without being serious about ourselves. Stay focused in order to be present when your customers and team members need you. And should you feel your energy lapsing, try this surefire remedy: Find someone who needs a helping hand, a word of support, or a good ear — and make their day.

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day Amanda Witt at Wittingshire posted some limericks. I really liked this one:

A fly and a flea in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
“Let us flee,” said the fly.
“Let us fly,” said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Originally spotted at Wittingshire